On the morning of August 15, 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of World War II out of Iwo Jima....

Great listen!

By
C. Heitman
on
12-06-17

Sons and Soldiers

The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler

By:
Bruce Henderson

Narrated by:
Brett Barry

Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

182

Performance

167

Story

165

In 1942 the US Army unleashed one of its greatest secret weapons in the battle to defeat Adolf Hitler: training nearly 2,000 German-born Jews in special interrogation techniques....

Couldn't put it down

By
P. Voelker
on
08-06-17

Alone

Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat into Victory

By:
Michael Korda

Narrated by:
John Lee

Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins

Unabridged

Overall

40

Performance

38

Story

37

Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of World War II and the great events that led to Dunkirk....

Exceptional

By
Jean
on
11-11-17

Pegasus Bridge

By:
Stephen E. Ambrose

Narrated by:
Arthur Morey

Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins

Unabridged

Overall

40

Performance

36

Story

35

In the early hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe....

Great story told in greater detal

By
Amazon Customer
on
08-16-17

Indestructible

One Man's Rescue Mission That Changed the Course of WWII

By:
John R. Bruning

Narrated by:
Brian Troxell

Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins

Unabridged

Overall

290

Performance

266

Story

265

This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever....

You will love Pappy's story

By
A. L. DeWitt
on
11-15-16

Publisher's Summary

In March 1941 Jimmy Stewart, America's boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind and joined the United States Army Air Corps to fulfill his family mission and serve his country. He rose from private to colonel and participated in 20 often-brutal World War II combat missions over Germany and France. In mere months the war took away his boyish looks as he faced near-death experiences and the loss of men under his command. The war finally won, he returned home with millions of other veterans to face an uncertain future, suffering what we now know as PTSD. Younger stars like Gregory Peck were now getting roles that might have been Stewart's, and he didn't know if he would ever work in Hollywood again. Then came It's a Wonderful Life.

For the next half century, Stewart refused to discuss his combat experiences and took the story of his service to the grave. Mission presents the first in-depth look at Stewart's life as a squadron commander in the skies over Germany, his return to Hollywood, and the changed man who embarked on production of America's most beloved holiday classic.

Author Robert Matzen sifted through thousands of Air Force combat reports and the Stewart personnel files; interviewed surviving aviators who flew with Stewart; visited the James Stewart Papers at Brigham Young University; flew in the cockpits of the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator; and walked the earth of air bases in England used by Stewart in his combat missions of 1943-45. What emerges in Mission is the story of a Jimmy Stewart you never knew until now - a story more fantastic than any he brought to the screen.

Story

Penetrating Telling of Jimmy Stewart's War Years

I have read one other biography of Jimmy Stewart as well as approximately 100 books on The War. This story of Jimmy Stewart's time in Hollywood prior to the war and his service during the war was extensive and very well written. It especially captured the toll the War took on Jimmy Stewart as he flew bomber missions over Germany. And the narrator was excellent. He read the book with feeling and depth that matched the material well. He was much better than most narrators of non-fiction audio books.

I highly recommend this book to everyone but especially those who are interested in World War II as well as the Golden Era of Hollywood and one of it's greatest actors and a great patriot.

An absolute must for every Jimmy Stewart fan

You know how this story will end and still you are left hanging on every word! Like so many WWII veterans, there was a side to Jimmy Stewart that only those who served with him knew. This is that story. I've always liked him for his work as an actor. Now I love and respect him as a true hero of the war.

Should be called historical fiction.

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The story based on the fact that Jimmy Stewart was a bomber pilot in WWII, true! But Jimmy Stewart NEVER talked about how he felt about the war and his place in it. The author puts himself in Stewart's' head and tell us how he felt...............The author doesn't know how Stewart actually felt. The author assumes Stewart was "Flak Happy" and suffered from what we now call "PTSD". Yes, Stewart was changed by the war, but since Stewart never discussed this with even his family, it is pure conjecture by the author. Jimmy Stewart was proud of his service. He continued with the Air Force and retired a Brig. General. He made movies promoting the Strategic Air Command. If his service had damage him to any great extent, he won't had allowed his stepsons to join the military, One of which lost his life in Vietnam.<br/>The authors facts are also in question, P38's, P47's and P51's did escort bombers. But never at the same time. The P38 and P47's could only go a far as the Belgian border of Germany even with drop tanks. The P51's met up with the Bombers when the went in to Germany and would go all the way to the target starting in Jan 44. After the Bombers exited Germany then the shorter range 38's and 47's at separate intervals would escort them to the English channel.